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Sedru suspends Kowie United’s home games

MARK CARRELS The South Eastern District Rugby Union (Sedru) have suspended 1st division club Kowie United’s home games after referee Nqaba Lamani was abused by spectators in their league fixture against Makhanda’s Swallows at Station Hill…

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FAMILIAR SCENE: A road blockade over service delivery on the N2 north of Durban in 2016 Picture: JACKIE CLAUSEN
CONFLICT

Global Peace Index: Global peacefulness improves for the first time in five years but world remains less peaceful than a decade ago

Key findings relevant to South Africa – GPI 2019 South Africa’s ranking: 127 (down 2) in the world, 32 in Sub-Saharan Africa. South Africa has the 26th largest economic cost of violence as percentage of GDP. South Africa is also in the…

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Teach youth better conflict resolution skills: MP as schoolchild is killed

The fatal stabbing of an Eastern Cape pupil at the hands of a teenager at school has prompted a call for improved conflict resolution skills in South Africa. The death of the 14-year-old Grade 7 pupil from a Peddie primary school on…

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